The competitive adsorption of the cationic pesticide chlordimeform and the heavy metal zinc on montmorillonite was studied. For different concentrations of Zn used, chlordimeform decreases (in relation to Zn-free treatments) when the pesticide is adsorbed simultaneously with the metal, but increases when Zn is adsorbed previously to chlordimeform. When comparing the Ko values chlordimeform is s...

-The conditions under which an exchanger phase will behave as an ideal mixture are established from thermodynamic principles. It is shown that, if a stoichiometric cation-exchange reaction is reversible, the exchanger phase will exhibit ideal behavior if the Vanselow selectivity coefficient is independent of the exchanger composition. This criterion is applied to some recently published data fo...

Bernal suggested that clays might have played a significant role in primitive earth through the process of concentration and adsorption of the biologically formed biomonomers and thus protecting them against hydrolytic fission.Adsorption of adenine was studied in presence of montmorillonite clay with or without cations Ca+,Cu+,Mg+.Studies carried out have shown that adsorption of adenine was de...

A novel heat-sealing performance is achieved by polyethylene (PE) nanocomposites reinforced by ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and montmorillonite (MMT). Appropriate nanocomposite design leads to hermetic seals with a general peelable/easy-open character across the broadest possible sealing temperature range. Observations of the fracture seal surfaces by infrared spectroscopy and electron microsco...

Bentonite is a mixture of clay and non-clay minerals. Montmorillonite mineral dominant in bentonite. Silica alumina bond the crystal structure montmorillonite. Therefore, they cannot contribute to pozzolanic reaction. Heat treatment bentonite leads destruction montmorillonite converting silica reactive phases. Thermally activated (TAB) relatively low pozzolan when used as partial replacement Po...

Coliphages T1 and T7 of Escherichia coli were absorbed by kaolinite (K) and montmorillonite (M). Maximum adsorption of T7 (96%) to M was greater than that of T1 (84%), but the adsorption of both coliphages to K was the same (99%). Positively charged sites (i.e., anion exchange sites) on the clays appeared to be primarily responsible for the adsorption of T1 to K but only partially responsible f...

Mineral surfaces can support several processes that likely play a role in the origin of life including the concentration, selective sorption[1], protection[2], organization[3-5], and polymerization[6] of organic molecules. Clay minerals are predicted to be present in prebiotic environments and provide a large surface area for reactions with organic molecules. Interactions between early biomolec...

Sealing with waterborne clays is a rapid and low cost method of controlling seepage through porous media whenever the clay source is within economical shipping distance of the sealing site. But more must be learned about this method of sealing before it can be fully utilized. Water impedance of waterborne bentonites, as measured by water loss in the filter press test, was correlated with their ...

The aim of the present work was to investigate poloxamer 188 (F-68) modified montmorillonite (Mt) clay as an oral drug delivery vehicle for in vitro release of anti-inflammatory drugdiclofenac sodium (DS). The clay (Mt) was treated with F-68 and the synthesized modified Mt, (F-68-Mt) was characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) studies (which confirmed the intercalation of F-68 in the clay inte...

-Protein complexes of smectites in soils are difficult to detect if the usual smectite tests show no peculiarities. Andalusian black earths are typical examples. Investigation of the alkylammonium derivatives, however, allows detection of adhered macromolecules which might be protein-like although this cannot be proved cxactly. Investigation of artificial clay-protein complexes reveals differen...